Weird bubble on torch? Normal?

PizzaOven

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I've noticed this bubble appear in the center of this torch (CC 21 tails). I can't find much info online about it. Has anyone seen this before? If so, did it eventually go away?

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PizzaOven said:
Thanks hopefully that is the case! @RandyC have you seen this in your colony (mine came from yours)?
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I haven't seen it in this colony, but I have in different colonies. I think a number of reefers believe that it's because of splitting, but I'm not entirely convinced that's the case. I have seen this in instances where the torch/hammer/frogspawn is no where near splitting as well. I've seen it just before a polyp bailout and I've seen it just before a split.

There's no scientific fact to this statement, but I'd tend to believe this is more likely a reaction to stress or an irritant (which could include stress from splitting). This bubbling is also a behavior you see sometimes in bubble tip anemones as well.

Hopefully, in your case, it is because the torch is splitting.
 
RandyC said:
I haven't seen it in this colony, but I have in different colonies. I think a number of reefers believe that it's because of splitting, but I'm not entirely convinced that's the case. I have seen this in instances where the torch/hammer/frogspawn is no where near splitting as well. I've seen it just before a polyp bailout and I've seen it just before a split.

There's no scientific fact to this statement, but I'd tend to believe this is more likely a reaction to stress or an irritant (which could include stress from splitting as well). This bubbling is also a behavior you see sometimes in bubble tip anemones as well.

Hopefully, in your case, it is because the torch is splitting.
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I see, thanks. It started shortly after I moved it to the current location. Maybe the difference in flow/par triggered it.
 
I’ve seen that before in this DBTC colony. In my case at least they would just split and it’d go away. I have a picture of another colony doing the same thing. Although I’ve seen torches split without doing the bubble thing so I’m not sure
 

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MarcosD said:
I’ve seen that before in this DBTC colony. In my case at least they would just split and it’d go away. I have a picture of another colony doing the same thing. Although I’ve seen torches split without doing the bubble thing so I’m not sure
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The man himself! Thanks, good to know it's normal when splitting.
 
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